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INDEX
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2 Contents
4 1000 years of Prgoress
8 Living with the...Jaguar XKR
12 Automatic Options
13 Autosport Review
14 VehicleTechnology.org
visits Toyota
16 What is like to drive the Morgan Aero ?
20 Take a ride to the
dark side Triumph's
Matt Black Speed Triple
22 Going Loco
25 Environmental Issues Part I
Fuel Saving and CO2 Reduction Technology
26 A Glimpse of the Future
28 VehicleTechnology.org visits Group Lotus & Lotus Engineering
33 Automotive Sector second for satisfaction
34 Best of Belron 2008
36 Don't Let the Big Cat's
Purr Fool You

38

 New Ceramic Coating
Carries on Working
above Melting Point
40 The Green Car Show
42 Growing Pains. Why India is Attracting the Big Boys
43 1000th hybrid-powered bus
44 Environmental Issues Part II
Low Carbon Generation Conference
47 Reducing Underbonnet Tecperatures
48 Capitalising on Carbon
50 SAE-UK visits Honda
53 Vehicle Regulations Online
54 The Mini Clubman
60 Survival of the Fittest. We find a company not only saying but doing the right things.
62 SAE-UK News and Events
64 Steam powered record in sight
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The second Green Car Show intends to bring new innovations to the public's awareness about environmental transport technology. Government thinking runs along current lines; 20% of the UK's Carbon Dioxide (CO2) eminate from road transport, the target is to reduce this by 80% before 2050. The Green Car Show is part of this move and the technology below the result.
  
Vehicle Technology provides a separate trials and review of this car in this magazine. The Supercharged 1.8 runs on any fuel combination of gasoline, bioethanol or methanol using an alcohol sensor in the fuel line combined with advanced Lotus Engine Management. Part of the vision at Lotus is to run on methanol produced from CO2 reclaimed from the atmosphere which would yield 0g/Km CO2 when using 'sustainable synthetic methanol'. The car presented at the Green Show by Lotus Engineering the Consultancy Division of Lotus all of whom believe that this solution could be achieved in the next 2 decades.
To supplement our Morgan feature in this magazine the Life Car was on show at Eden. This is a really advanced concept with ultracapacitors to capture break energy and individual electric motors at each wheel, the whole car is powered by a four stack hydrogen fuel cell; an equivalent 150mpg with a top speed of 85mph and 0-60 in less than 7seconds with a range of 250miles. Designed by Matthew Humphries whom we met with at Morgan recently the style of this car is consistent with the Heritage of a Morgan whilst offering the technology to delight.
This is a development by Morgan with R&D from QinetiQ, RiverSimple, Linde, Cranfield, and backed by BERR.
A more sophisticated green car for performance minded drivers. Optimised for E85 fuel (85% bioethanol and 15% petrol) even with turbocharging this green car boasts 105g/Km CO2, 44mpg, 280Nm Torque and 200PS.
A large solar cell in the roof contributes to the electric charge of the Lithium Ion Cell even when parked making this car one of the most purchased 'fuel flex' cars on sale.
The Ibiza Ecomotive Supermini is a 1.4 TDI which clocks 88mpg and 99g/km CO2. This is achieved via software upgrades to the three cylinder's ECU and a Diesel Particulate Filter. A reduced co-efficient of drag (Cd) of 3 versus 3.15 for the standard model. Low rolling resistance 14” tyres from Dunlop to reduce friction at the wheel. Combined this qualifies the car for London Congestion Charge and Road Fund License exception
 
 
 
 
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